Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3624
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Publication type: Journal Article
Re: the promotion of penicillin/streptomycin combination
1988 Feb;
Abstract:
In Thailand, a subsidiary of Merck’s is marketing a combination of penicillin and streptomycin for questionable indications and bacterial resistance.
Keywords:
*analysis/Thailand/developing countries/penicillin/streptomycin/Penstrep/antibiotics/Merck/MaLAM/Medical Lobby for Appropriate Marketing/ quality of information/PROMOTION AND HEALTH NEEDS: PROMOTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES/PROMOTION IN SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC AREAS: ANTIBIOTICS